Dominica, the REAL Caribbean

Made it to Dominica. I read that someone said that if Chris Columbus were to see the islands today that this is the only one he would recognize. Now I understand why. We are anchored in Portsmouth and got in late last night. Today we took a walk through town and then a guided tour up the Indian River. They don't allow outboard motors to be run in the river so the tour is by rowboat. It was amazing. I cannot even begin to describe how great this place is. I don't have a lot of time to write at the moment but I will post pictures and more info when I can. Tonight we are having a bbq with our river guide Reginald and then there is a reggae jam at Big Papa's Bar and Grill on the beach. Should be good. The worst part of this place is that we have to leave tomorrow because of our time frame. It is killing me that I can't stay here longer but I made a promise to myself today to return someday and spend a few months here. Just in the short time we have been here we had a delicious Creole fish lunch followed by our tour, which took us by the place where they shot the river scene with the witch from the Pirates of the Caribbean 2 movie, then had Dynamite rum punch, followed by fresh Cacao fruit (cocoa) and a fresh coconut to make curry later. Like I said, I will be back. Hope everyone is well, we had a great sail here last night, tomorrow we have over 100 miles of sailing to St. Lucia so I'm hoping the weather holds. We will see.